Imperial subjects

Citizenship in an Age of Crisis and Empire

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ID6561819
AuthorsColin Peter Mooers
Year2014
Pages152
Publication date2014-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueImperial subjects (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherBloomsbury Academic & Professional (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.5040/9781501302176
OpenAlexW1914474333
Open LibraryOL27187868M
ISBN9781441192516, 9781501302176
GOOGLE_BOOK_IDSqAMBAAAQBAJ
LanguageEN
Citations received8

This highly original work posits that the changes in the nature of citizenship caused by neoliberal globalization must be understood as the result of an ongoing imperial project. Although they may seem admirable, policies such as humanitarian and citizenship rights are really an imperial venture led by global institutions and corporations in order to export capitalist market forces worldwide. This entails a form of neoliberal citizenship in which social security is replaced by market insecurity and rising inequality. In this light, the citizen becomes an "imperial subject" whose needs and desires have been colonized by the global market. However, emerging social forces in Latin America and elsewhere have begun to challenge this imperialist logic, fostering a resistance that may bring forth a new global vision of citizenship. This unique analysis draws together neoliberal citizenship, new imperialism, and the creation of 'financial subjects' into an innovative theoretical exploration. By expanding the debate on global citizenship, Imperial Subjects will engage readers in political and social sciences interested in contemporary political thought, citizenship, and globalization

Anti-imperialist movements · Capitalism · Citizenship · Development economics · Economics · Empire · Globalization · Neoliberalism · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Work (physics) · Engineering · Globalization and Cultural Identity · Law · Imperialism · International Relations · Liberalism

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